Four more die in Anambra communal clash, as govt shuts Otuocha Market
Several houses and shops were destroyed and, in a viral video, voices were heard ordering men to shoot on sight. Many residents have fled
Police arrest suspected supplier of weapons to bandits in Katsina
Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Katsina Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Gambo Isa, disclosed this while parading the suspects on Thursday at the police headquarters in Katsina. According to him, the suspect was […]
Assailants behead woman in Delta farmland
IGBIDE community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, was yesterday, thrown into confusion as a mother of five children was reportedly beheaded in farmland in the community by unidentified assailants.
Four arrested in Edo for illegal gold mining
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Four persons have been arrested in Dagbala, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State for alleged involvement in illegal gold mining activities. The Edo State government had earlier this year banned all mining activities in the community as a result of an alleged influx of illegal miners that resulted […]
Gas laden truck crushes 3 to death, injures 4 in Ibadan
By Adeola Badru Pandemonium broke out at Mokola Roundabout area in Ibadan on Thursday, as a truck laden with gas crushed three persons to death while four people were gravely injured. The fatal accident, according to an eye-witness account, involved a gas tanker (Richbam) with registration number: MAP810YY and two Micra cars and four motorcycles. […]
Midnight fire guts Bauchi’s major foodstuff market, destroys goods worth millions of naira
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Several structures and goods amounting to millions of naira have been destroyed by a midnight fire that gutted a section of the popular Muda Lawal foodstuff market in Bauchi. Vanguard learned that the fire started very late in the night of Wednesday and burnt till the early hours of Thursday consuming […]
